New Mexico still considers Pluto a planet

7 months after being removed from the list of planets by the International Astronomical Association, Pluto found a loyal friend in the state of New Mexico (USA).

State legislators have come up with a solution that can restore the original status of this dwarf planet. Accordingly, "when Pluto flies across this state's sky during beautiful nights, it will be declared a planet" , the draft said.

The bill also defines a special day to honor Pluto, March 13. This is the 77th anniversary of the International Astronomical Society announcing the discovery of Pluto. This same Association last year brought it down.

Also in 2006, California lawmakers drafted a similar dispatch. The state affirmed that the special favor with Pluto is that it shares the same name with the "famous California hyperactive dog and has a special connection to California's history and culture".

In addition to criticizing the International Astronomical Society's decision, the legislators here also argue that Pluto's deprivation will cause "psychological effects on some residents of the state, who are suspected doubts about their position in the universe and concerns about the stability of cosmological constants ".

However, this dispatch died prematurely after the end of the state legislature's annual meeting in 2006. Perhaps the supporters of Pluto will have a better future in New Mexico state.

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T. An